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you're watching. welcome to the program there's still no consent between us lawmakers on tackling the country's debt crisis as the senate fails to agree on a deal proposed by the democratic party on friday a proposal to raise the debt ceiling was passed in the house of representatives but the senate. the u.s. capitol remains in deadlock try to avoid default ahead of tuesday's deadline washington observer says the government needs to act fast to avoid an investor exodus. obama and the democrats in congress just want to keep on spending. and so they would like to see the debt ceiling raised so that they can continue to give rewards to their supporters among the labor unions of the various political

organizations that are sympathetic to the democratic party's cause the u.s. is able to keep raising its debt ceiling because people investors around the world have confidence in the united states they believe that the u.s. government will honor its outstanding obligations and so as long as people have faith in the investors and faith in the u.s. government in its credit worthiness then the u.s. could keep raising its debt ceiling the problem right now is that the debt is so high that that in itself is starting to become a negative factor that could lead to a credit rating downgrade of the united states government. when u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton rushed to reassure asian leaders this week that the debt debate will be settled on time beijing as america's biggest creditor seems to be these impatience with washington's financial mess investment peter schiff says china could even dump the dollar as its main currency. we can't afford bad

relations with china see beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese have already loaned us politically is just not going to happen is specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised it's taken the chinese so long to figure out that they've been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to default i think we're going to inflate which is just as bad but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling deprive them is the debt not the ceiling this sooner the chinese start to stop enabling this phony economy that we have the sooner we as americans can begin to repair the damage and what's going to happen is when the dollar collapses americans are going to see a big reduction in our standards of living. and later now we take a closer look at other struggling economies who the next to fall in europe spaniards takes action france gets a warning its economy could suffer to. night use economic well separatist

movements are gaining momentum it's working fares a chain reaction across the whole of europe. also refuses to shoulder full responsibility for the polish presidential plane crash in western russia saying russian traffic controllers also contributed to the aviation disaster the crash killed the late president lech kaczynski dozens of the country's ruling elite last spring as artie's alexy are reports many in poland are unhappy that national tragedy has become a political weapon. another day another blame game poland's very own probe into last year's presidential plane crash and smolensk all but confirmed the findings of russia's investigation that the crew was almost solely responsible for the tragedy . at this point there is an obstacle a tree that the aircraft collides with a fragment of the left wing is detached the aircraft begins their attention but let

me emphasize it's not that the tree was too high the aircraft had simply been at a location where it shouldn't have been it seems the very things that got in the way of the plane are now getting in the way of warsaw taking full responsibility and trees are not the only thing rooted in poland failing to see eye to eye with moscow. here's where the approach controller two thousand metres away should have told the crew to stop descending the horizon command should have been issued exactly at the moment he shows that the landing zone controller was performing his duty even in character. such statements come as little surprise to experts with some of them saying acceptance of total responsibility would be impossible for the society they've been given the truth and the. truth is on bearable they can't take it now i don't think that the polish investigators think they can pin the blame on anybody else but i do think that they are looking to pin some of the blame on

somebody else aviation experts echoed this opinion calling the swipes against the russians signed and substantial some claims concerning the airport all controllers they have nothing to do with the crash i've been a pilot for over thirty years and i know a simple rule if you don't see the runway or it's like of the decision height you have no other choice than to raise the landing gear and go to your reserve the initial russian investigation was greeted by an avalanche of criticism from some movements in poland they expressed doubts about the reliability of the report often based on anti russian sentiment and some experts say it is not pure emotion driving this but well thought tactics computer pretty scary i think we're now witnessing simply to call games to shift the blame from the polish side of i was an expert in this commission and i was surprised to learn and to the crew was chosen immediately

before the flight such a poor preparation for such a high profile flight publication of this report had been delayed for several months and was very much anticipated in poland it was meant to put paid to all speculation regarding this plane crash but instead it could once again be used as a political tool experts say the timing of the publication is not coincidental this could be exploited also in the political electoral campaign because this should be known that the. interactions this report and all that issue but if your tablet will be. even easier than the electoral campaign and the twin brother of the late president kaczynski was quick to prove this suggestion with a sharp round about the report. prime minister to say has no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash in his shuffled it under his staff nevertheless he is responsible for all the games he played with the russians he's responsible

that the poles were not conducting or even participating in the investigation he's responsible for not defending polish interests at the international fora will get to the bottom of this case as this is what we owe to those who died while the police decide who is still deciding whether to admit the brain full responsibility which comes with a report experts are speculating whether this is a fair and objective investigation or an attempt to please all the players in the long lasting blame game. after reporting from warsaw in poland. israel has become the latest middle east country to seen nationwide antigovernment protests tens of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in major cities protests to say they'll demand that prime minister netanyahu steps down to take sweeping economic reforms. following the developments of the biggest right place

obviously happened to him fifty thousand people here with the most popular chant being we demand social justice a whole new way of speakers have been taking to the stage they've been calling on unity and message coming across very strongly is one by one people here can bring change a lot of criticism being leveled at the israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu in fact every time his name is mentioned. why are you here tonight i'm here because it's just becoming impossible to live in this country anymore we work we give and we give and we keep on giving and there's no end to this is this is what has to change just because of. what you say people have been inspired by the demonstrations taking place there. what is your sign saying. doesn't mean of the. why do you want him to go home. alone to do the police things that should be salman strange sions green inspired by the protests we saw taking

place in the arab world well i think there's a lot of influence of what happened in. syria. and what you see in libya there's a lot of influence of those things and that's when people understand they have the power that they can they can buy them does they don't need any more good government together to do what they can start their government what they want. to do you know they can they can start deciding for themselves. so they said is the spirit of revolution here a number of israeli populists song singers have also been taking to the stage and like something that was done you had the chorus and i'm translating this is the new middle east we created the storm the future and. their reporting there coming up in a few minutes on the program outsourcing the war there because wars in iraq and afghanistan are passed into the hands of listeners by many as trigger happy and beyond the.

triple disaster continues to claim lives months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered she would look at this as a different way of speaking country depression suicide. credit rating agency moody's has put spain on review for possible downgrade to take the country's borrowing status down a notch as it struggles with recession and mass unemployment but there's growing public anger that spain's future with your domestic decision one made by brussels and i.m.f. . reports from madrid. the cash in spain is going mainly down the drain at least that's the opinion of thousands of people who have rallied across the country because the from the government is controlled by their pen bank and math w.t. they don't care about the people. so the people decided it's time to voice their concerns loud and clear before the lose more than just the shirt off their back

spain has one of the highest unemployment rates in the eurozone so while the european leaders have been occasionally meeting and comfortable quarters to talk about the future of the hero and the european union itself people in the country have been demonstrating on an almost weekly basis demanding the government shape up stop talking and do something about the situation this is not just about higher wages and better pension plans with more than forty percent of young people in spain unemployed simply getting a job is a priority for those gathered in the trades central square the big part of their responsibility is from the cover. because the government first of all. not really a pickle to be shown at the beginning of the crisis to fight against the crisis it reacts very late. and on the other hand once the government. what to do. the government the snow doing their job properly look at what in the

note obama who are the people to wake up otherwise we'll just become slaves to the system who want to be treated as humans and they believe they can make a difference. the government has to change things because they don't have a choice. with greece in shambles and neighboring portugal trashed by the rating agencies spain is facing not just a financial but a deepening social crisis members of the so-called indignant marches say they want their dignity preserved but whether their calls will be heard is another issue even . madrid. france has also been warned by the international fund that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis time effort says the country's credit rating could be at risk for stroke the measures are taken nomics author patrick young police powers to better these problems long ago the problem is

look these aren't things that have just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since one thousand nine hundred seventy four this is typical of contagion we've been talking about it for weeks we have you know when you get some degree of illness and it goes through the body ultimately you have to decide when to amputate it and the truth is we should have amputated greece from the euro zone long ago we've got the situation at the moment where provincial libraries in northern germany are being closed because the money isn't there because it's being used to fund people in the mediterranean i think german voters are going to get very angry about that very very soon and i actually think the political will is not there amongst the people to endlessly keep bailing out their saw their neighbors. the thought of the russian u.s. reset. by cold war era attitudes was a comment from russia's envoy to nato following this week's talks with senators in

washington. because his visit was part of fresh efforts by russia to revive talks of a common missile defense system in europe he said. should the russians were to turn into political weapon america was the creation of its own shield russia's envoy competitor joining gun at a point in every direction but the intended target he added that time was running out to verse the negative attitudes before the us presidential election because he told r.t. that russia is determined to keep its personal space and interest protected. there are questions that remain unanswered if missile threats against europe come from the south why is the us placing part of its military infrastructure in the north close to russia's borders this is the question that we can't get an answer to when we ask for legal guarantees that the system is not aimed at russia we're told there's a big conflict between republicans and democrats in congress and they start to explain that conflict but we're not interested in that what's important for us is

that the u.s. is behind this project and they should provide security for all partners otherwise it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's bodyguard sitting in your bedroom he's been sent to provide your security who's going to like that so if all our suggestions are rejected and it's understood that iran is just a reason to have the plan while russia's nuclear potential is the real target then russia will come up with its own military response which nobody is going to like. belgium is a hotbed of international politics and european representation however this prosperous country seems to be failing to resolve its own internal differences as r.t. is doing a wishful reports the country's north south power squabbles are sending a warning signal to other e.u. nations. some wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not well known near the southern region of belgium the country's been with delta fictive government for a record fourteen months french speaking loons in the cells and flemish speaking

flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits with flanders is complete the world will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but mainly for richer. going it alone when your small region is clearly not appealing they say political clout is important the main appeal is money. is part of france in everything but name that we have the same language we watch french t.v. no belgian but above all our economy is controlled by french firms. polls suggest that whole foods and sixty percent of the french want to become one presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would with the southern half of belgium with throngs president sarkozy's ruling party and the opposition are

already in talks to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with you m.p. and we have contacted the socialist it has been confirmed to us that's in case belgium would speed up then one would be welcome in france. the biggest party in the northern half want to split two experts say belgians already divided people don't know any more about the other half of the country the flemish people don't know who are the popular singers or writers today in the french speaking part and vice versa king albert fears bill jim's national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself a continual calles the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium was part of the rest of europe catalonia leaving to be in scotland leaving a great and we're already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turned violent with guns getting it takes just one big clash from brussels to

become. that conflict mass killing not suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slove a broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated french unionists say they have the flag and everything else worked out to become from. twenty eight's region all that's left are the details the new bush will see brussels. as the u.s. withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan they leave behind in a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are demanding that most news in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in conflict torn countries there's artie's going to chicken or ports the u.s. is in no rush to regulate private military muscle this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his

brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethink human rights violations including torture rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis and to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves will injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly

consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is said to grow dramatically us. so many. functions to these security companies they are not related in the end not control and he says we're extremely concerned that washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so for seeing around the world cases of

kidnapping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which there's actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out of it. but experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniform forces to do the official fighting and then thousands and thousands of contractors to do the unofficial fighting that's under the radar screen that isn't covered by the media now here is a quote we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions took on accountable contractors and of quote that's what senator obama said before he became president but apparently as a president now he thinks differently with the contractors role in america's wars

bound to increase and with the victims of their crime still begging for justice i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. the widespread use of unaccountable contractors is not in a damaging for america's reputation but also dangerous for its national security that's a view of derek crow from the social justice group the brave new foundation these folks are not the people that you see held up as kind of paragons of american patriotism they're not uniformed troops since they're not as accountable as u.s. forces to the u.s. government and the american people they're able to get away with a lot more and so presidents tend to want to use them any time any foreign force goes in and kills locals either through mistake or through over aggression or things like that it absolutely damages us security and what the united states was trying to achieve in any of these countries should enraged both the people in the countries where it happens and it should in rage the people here in the united states is tax dollars are paying for it and in whose name those actions being taken

. ten people are believed to have drowned after a private charter boat collided with a more barge and sank in the moscow river close to the city center eight bodies have now been recovered witnesses say the boat was rocking from side to side seem to be out of control limits before the barge seventeen men and women on board with the to include turkish american russian passengers six people were rescued from the river one survivor swimming to the shore local press saying the boat was hired by an international men's magazine for a corporate party becomes just weeks after the cruise ship sank a river in central russia killing one hundred twenty two people. in the earthquake that devastated japan may have happened in march the country's death toll is still rising suicide rates have increased since the radiation crisis unfolded following a massive tsunami for the government they are in a depression epidemic could emerge nazis' sean thomas has been to japan to find out

why so many people there are taking their own lives. a triple disaster on a scale the world has never known causing damage and destruction and uncertainty forcing tens of thousands of japanese refugees to leave their lives behind and seek shelter anywhere they can some people do. but the problem is the minority they be they have been accused. classmates or you know of course by or. causing. people. not. primarily a move towards self-preservation this idea of desertion is defined by many as characteristically japanese and has earned those who have evacuated the dishonorable title of traitor. of course it's hard to hear that we have family

members we think about our health but in other words we run away because we're scared of radiation but there is no example in the world of something similar and the consequences are still ongoing. while those who have moved to shelters here in tokyo are facing that guilt and the pressure to move back home there are others who have lost everything cannot handle the overwhelming change and they are facing even darker demons japan already has one of the highest suicide rates in the world and following the disaster in march the government has issued a warning about a possible nationwide epidemic of depression here some organic farm us committed suicide because you know the. soil is everything they have good soil for after many hours of hard work and it's just contaminated one night to go so. far so i'm very

sad to hear the news and many other farmers are also very much depressed a recent national survey in japan performed by dr roshini and his team shows that suicide rates in japan have in fact increased in the months since the disaster compared to the same timeframe in the previous two years but the demographics are not what you might expect the. rate increase. but the areas because some barbers struggling to you costs. they have not had to make suicide this disaster has certainly taken its toll on japan's economy and such constant reminders of an intense topic can harm the collective psyche of the people who live here as well because of the. tsunami disaster plus nuclear disaster many people actually lost their jobs

or their working on the show has crushed. so. yeah they have of so many good reasons to commit suicide. causing japan's death toll to keep rising even though the initial disaster has subsided months before in japan sean thomas orteig. i'll be back with a round of the headlines in a couple of minutes here not stay with us.